Author: Hugh MaddoxPublisher: Strode Publishers
ISBN: 9780873970976
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
When the Boll Weevil suggests that farmers plant peanuts instead of cotton he becomes a town hero.
Billy Boll Weevil
Author: Hugh MaddoxPublisher: Strode Publishers
ISBN: 9780873970976
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
When the Boll Weevil suggests that farmers plant peanuts instead of cotton he becomes a town hero.
Boll Weevil Blues
Author: James C. GiesenPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226292851
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Between the 1890s and the early 1920s, the boll weevil slowly ate its way across the Cotton South from Texas to the Atlantic Ocean. At the turn of the century, some Texas counties were reporting crop losses of over 70 percent, as were areas of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. By the time the boll weevil reached the limits of the cotton belt, it had destroyed much of the region’s chief cash crop—tens of billions of pounds of cotton, worth nearly a trillion dollars. As staggering as these numbers may seem, James C. Giesen demonstrates that it was the very idea of the boll weevil and the struggle over its meanings that most profoundly changed the South—as different groups, from policymakers to blues singers, projected onto this natural disaster the consequences they feared and the outcomes they sought. Giesen asks how the myth of the boll weevil’s lasting impact helped obscure the real problems of the region—those caused not by insects, but by landowning patterns, antiquated credit systems, white supremacist ideology, and declining soil fertility. Boll Weevil Blues brings together these cultural, environmental, and agricultural narratives in a novel and important way that allows us to reconsider the making of the modern American South.
Peanuts
Author: Andrew F. SmithPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252025532
Category : Cookery (Peanuts)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Chock-full of photos, advertisements, and peanut recipes from as early as 1847, this entertaining and enlightening volume is a testament to the culinary potential and lasting popularity of the goober pea. 24 photos.
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South
Author: Cindy ErmusPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807167126
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Hurricanes, floods, oil spills, disease, and disappearing wetlands are some of the many environmental disasters that impact the Gulf South. The contributors to Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South explore the threat, frequency, and management of this region’s disasters from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Scholars from the fields of history, sociology, and anthropology examine the underlying causes of vulnerability to natural hazards in the coastal states while also suggesting ways to increase resilience. Greg O’Brien considers the New Orleans flood of 1849; Andy Horowitz, the Galveston storm of 1900; and Christopher M. Church, the 1928 hurricane in Florida and the Caribbean. Urmi Engineer Willoughby delves into the turn-of-the-century yellow fever outbreaks in New Orleans and local attempts to eradicate them, while Abraham H. Gibson and Cindy Ermus discuss the human introduction of invasive species and their long-term impact on the region’s ecosystem. Roberto E. Barrios looks at political-ecological susceptibility in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward, and Kevin Fox Gotham treats storm- and flood-defense infrastructures. In his afterword, Ted Steinberg ponders what the future holds when the capitalist state supports an unwinnable battle between land developers and nature. These case studies offer new ways of understanding humans’ interactions with the unique, and at times unforgiving, environment of the Gulf South. These lessons are particularly important as we cope with the effects of climate change and seek to build resilience and reduce vulnerability through enhanced awareness, adequate preparation, and efficient planning.
Bulletin
Author: W. E. HindsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Choosing Books for Children
Author: Betsy Gould HearnePublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252069284
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Presents a tool for choosing books for children of all ages. This title offers practical guidance on sorting through the bewildering array of picture books, pop-up books, books for beginning readers, young adult titles, classics, poetry, olktales, and factual books.
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